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CVE-2014-1557

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-07-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The ConvolveHorizontally function in Skia, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7, does not properly handle the discarding of image data during function execution, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering prolonged image scaling, as demonstrated by scaling of a high-quality image.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 6.0, 7.0
• Mozilla Firefox: through 30.0; 24.0, 24.0.1, 24.0.2, 24.1.0, 24.1.1
• Mozilla Firefox ESR: 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5, 24.6
• Mozilla Thunderbird: through 24.6; 24.0, 24.0.1, 24.1, 24.1.1, 24.2, 24.3 (+2)
• Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3

References

• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0918.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59591
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59719
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59760
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60083
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60306
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60486
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60621
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60628
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2986
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2996
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-64.html

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